Fortune Brands Inc (FO)

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO), the company behind leading consumer
brands including Jim Beam, Titleist and Moen, today declared a regular
dividend of 19 cents per share on the Common Stock, payable in cash on
March 1, 2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business
February 10, 2010.

The company also declared a regular dividend of 66.75 cents per share on
the $2.67 Convertible Preferred Stock, payable in cash on March 10,
2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business February 10,
2010.

Fortune Brands, Inc. is a leading consumer brands company. Its operating
companies have premier brands and leading market positions in distilled
spirits, home and security, and golf products. Beam Global Spirits &
Wine, Inc. is the company's premium spirits business. Major spirits
brands include Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon, Sauza tequila,
Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisier cognac, Cruzan rum, Teacher's and
Laphroaig Scotch, EFFEN vodka and DeKuyper cordials. The brands of
Fortune Brands Home & Security LLC include Moen faucets, Aristokraft,
Omega, Diamond and Kitchen Craft cabinetry, Therma-Tru door systems,
Simonton windows, Master Lock security products and Waterloo storage and
organization products. Acushnet Company's golf brands include Titleist,
Cobra and FootJoy. Fortune Brands, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois,
is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FO and
is included in the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI World Index.

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Source: Fortune Brands Inc